Freud and Said: Contrapuntal Psychoanalysis as Liberation Praxis (Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology)

Beshara, Robert K.

ISBN 10: 3030567427 / ISBN 13: 9783030567422

Published by Palgrave Macmillan (edition 1st ed. 2021), 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Freud and Said: Contrapuntal Psychoanalysis as Liberation Praxis (Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (edition 1st ed. 2021)
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030567427
• ISBN 13: 9783030567422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book examines the theoretical links between Edward W. Said and Sigmund Freud as well the relationship between psychoanalysis, postcolonialism and decoloniality more broadly. 

The author begins by offering a comprehensive review of the literature on psychoanalysis and postcolonialism, which is contextualized within the apparatus of racialized capitalism. In the close analysis of the interconnections between the Freud and Said that follows, there is an attempt to decolonize the former and psychoanalyze the latter. He argues that decolonizing Freud does not mean canceling him; rather, he employs Freud’s sharpest insights for our time, by extending his critique of modernity to coloniality. It is also advanced that psychoanalyzing Said does not mean psychologizing the man; instead the book's aim is to demonstrate the influence of psychoanalysis on Said’s work. It is asserted that Said began with Freud, repressed him, and then Freud returned. Reading Freud and Said side byside allows for the theorization of what the author calls contrapuntal psychoanalysis as liberation praxis, which is discussed in-depth in the final chapters.

This book, which builds on the author’s previous work, Decolonial Psychoanalysis, will be a valuable text to scholars and students from across the psychology discipline with an interest in Freud, Said and the broader relationship between psychoanalysis and colonialism.

About the Author

Robert K. Beshara is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Humanities at Northern New Mexico College, USA and Director of the Critical Psychology certificate program at The Global Center for Advanced Studies, Ireland/USA. He is the author of Decolonial Psychoanalysis: Towards Critical Islamophobia Studies (2019), the editor of A Critical Introduction to Psychology (2019) and the founder of criticalpsychology.org, a free resource for scholars, activists, and practitioners.